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1830–1914, German realistic writer. Besides the 120 novellas on which his reputation rests, he wrote some 50 plays, 6 novels, and many fine translations, especially of Italian poets. He was the first German to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1910). His most famous story is L'Arrabbiata. (1855, tr. The Fury, 1855). Heyse's writings are elegant, polished, and psychologically probing.

Born 1793; died May 18 (30), 1861. Prince. General of the artillery (1844).M. D. Gorchakov took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, the foreign campaigns of 1813–15, and the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. He was involved in crushing the Polish uprising of 1830–31. In 1849 he was field forces chief of staff in the crushing of the Hungarian revolution. During the Crimean War of 1853–56 he ...

Born 1793; died May 18 (30), 1861. Prince. General of the artillery (1844).M. D. Gorchakov took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, the foreign campaigns of 1813–15, and the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. He was involved in crushing the Polish uprising of 1830–31. In 1849 he was field forces chief of staff in the crushing of the Hungarian revolution. During the Crimean War of 1853–56 he ...

Born 1793; died May 18 (30), 1861. Prince. General of the artillery (1844).M. D. Gorchakov took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, the foreign campaigns of 1813–15, and the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. He was involved in crushing the Polish uprising of 1830–31. In 1849 he was field forces chief of staff in the crushing of the Hungarian revolution. During the Crimean War of 1853–56 he ...

Born 1793; died May 18 (30), 1861. Prince. General of the artillery (1844).M. D. Gorchakov took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, the foreign campaigns of 1813–15, and the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. He was involved in crushing the Polish uprising of 1830–31. In 1849 he was field forces chief of staff in the crushing of the Hungarian revolution. During the Crimean War of 1853–56 he ...